AUF DER MAUR – S/T
[CAPITOL]
2004 was the year that Melissa Auf der Maur, former bassist of Hole and of Smashing Pumpkins during their dying days, stepped out of the long cast shadows of Courtney Love and Billy Corgan and into the spotlight of solo artistry. It was also the year she stepped back into the even longer cast shadows of solo mediocrity.
This record is filled with ambition but not much else. The best moments come during the rolling chorus of the first single, ‘Followed The Waves’, the only track that approaches the label of “standout�. The rest of the album is simply weak vocals singing weak lyrics to an over-amplified, under-developed musical surrounding.
The awful yodeling sequence leading into the second (French) version of ‘Taste You’ (as if you wanted to hear it again) pretty well sums it up. Yet another poor offering from the Pumpkins/Hole alumni.
1/5
